comPOSERS: The Movie Score Podcast

Welcome to the multiverse of madness! No, not  that  one. This week, the boys venture into 2022's Everything Everywhere All At Once and desperately try to make sense of the lunatic movie they all nevertheless enjoyed, while discussing the remarkable score by experimental electronica collective Son Lux. 

Every once in a while, our little show gets to do something big. This is one such week, as Alex goes it alone to chat with Anže Rozman and Kara Talve of Bleeding Fingers Music about the music they have created for the AppleTV+ documentary series Prehistoric Planet, alongside BFM co-founder Hans Zimmer. We talk coming up as composers, making music with dinosaur bones, and collaborating with one of...

Yee haw! This week the boys venture back to the Willenium to talk about a monumentally stupid movie that absolutely did not deserve the score it got. It's Wild Wild West, with music by the incomparable Elmer Bernstein , for some reason! 

Go go gadget podcast! On this week's episode, the boys travel back to 1999 to discuss a bizarre and kind of unnecessary adaptation of the classic 80s cartoon. It's Inspector Gadget, featuring equally unnecessarily-good music by John Debney.

This week, the boys prove they actually take listener requests! Thanks to new Patreon follower Clint for this one. It's time to fight fire with fire as we take on 1991's Backdraft, with music by Uncle Hans Zimmer .

To celebrate Krueger's birthday, we enjoy a movie so popular and renowned it's completely unavailable to stream! It's the 1972 original Sleuth, with music by John Addison .

The boys are back with a vengeance — literally! Series 11 finally kicks off with Matt Reeves' noir take on everybody's favourite traumatized orphan. It's The Batman, with music by Michael Giacchino!

On the final episode of Series 10, the boys travel to Arrakis to learn about spice and debate the merits of the latest attempt to bring Frank Herbert's science fiction masterpiece to the screen. It's Dune, with Oscar-winning music by Uncle Hans and the gang at Remote Control Productions!  A quick note to fans: we're taking a week off before Series 11 begins to record some specials, possibly a real...

It's the second-last episode of Series 10, which means it's time for Jay to bring us something very old and  very outside our qualifications to discuss. Join us as we struggle to criticize one of the greatest films ever made, 1949's The Third Man, with music by Anton "The Zither" Karas .

Look, we don't mean to alarm you, but it appears the moon...is falling. Join the boys as they take a trip into inner space with Roland Emmerich and the Austrian dynamic duo Thomas Wander and Harald Kloser, because it's fucking MOONFALL .

This week, the boys grapple with returning to work —  in person —  with Seth Gordon's somber treatise on workplace harassment. It's Horrible Bosses , with music by first-time comPOSERS pick Christopher Lennertz!

Red alert! This week Jay and Alex desperately try to catch Aaron up on fifty years of Star Trek lore as we go back in time to fight the Borg with Peekard and friends. It's Star Trek: First Contact, with music by King Jerry Goldsmith and his son Prince Joel !

It's Jay's birthday, and you know what that means: it's time to don our tuxes and pour our martinis to 1989's License to Kill , with music by Michael "The K-Man" Kamen.  And since it's Jay's birthday, Krueger made everybody uncomfortable by getting him a gift. It's a really terrific poster featuring all of Q's gadgets from the Bond franchise. Check out more of artist Rob Loukotka's amazing work at...

Ante up and bet the farm because it's time to enter the world of high-stakes poker as Andrew "The Fifth Beatle" Young of Geek Hard brings us the classic card shark cinema spectacular Rounders, with music by Christopher "No Relation" Young!

IT'S ALIVE! No seriously, we finally did it — and we did it live! Your patience has been rewarded, Brooks aficionados, as Alex brings to the Stude arguably one of the best comedy films ever made and a score to match (somehow). It's Young Frankenstein, with music by John Morris !

In true comPOSERS fashion, we're celebrating our 150th episode by a) disappointing those of you expecting Young Frankenstein (again) and b) attempting to make amends for what might be our most shameful early score. Join us as Aaron desperately tries to convey the brilliance of Bernard Herrmann's unparalleled score for Hitchcock's Vertigo. Again! 

Yes, yes, we were going to do Young Frankenstein, but a bunch of stuff has come up! This week we're making good on a promise to cover an episode both Jay and our guest teased a year ago. Friend of the show  Andy Sell of the Ghoul School Podcast and Look Good For The Boys  joins us to talk James Horner's frankly insane score to the action movie that started it all. It's Commando , everybody!

There's something strange in the neighbourhood, and thankfully it's not a loud and offensive truck! This week, the boys honour the late, great Ivan Reitman by taking on Elmer Bernstein's classic score to the original Ghostbusters. Who you gonna call? If you're looking for a serious and professional pocast...somebody else, we guess.

This week, the boys watch a movie that's less Fast and the Furious and more Fuck A Guy Up With A Hammer. Don your signature scorpion jackets and a pair of creepy gloves and join us as we discuss "Drive" and its electronic-inspired score by Cliff Martinez!

Prepare to make the jump to lightspeed — again! This week the boys celebrate the birth of our favourite nonagenarian composer, "Saint" John Williams, by taking a look back at the bookend to the OG Star Wars trilogy . Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational...podcast? I got nothin'. May the Force be with you, nerds.

By Grabthar's hammer, it's another comPOSERS episode! This week, Alex brings us a parody film so on the nose, Aaron is counting it as our Star Trek episode for the season. It's Galaxy Quest , with music by David "The Other" Newman!

Series ten continues with another glimpse into the weird and wonderful mind of Guillermo del Toro and his bizarre fascination with fish-fucking. Join us as we chat about the Oscar-winning score for The Shape of Water courtesy of Alexandre Desplat!

WELCOME BACK! After a longer vacation than we'd planned, we have triumphantly(?) returned to bring you a movie we were going to do way back in Series 6. It...may not have been worth the wait — for the movie or our show.  Join us as we travel to space Egypt to complete our David Arnold hat trick with the terrific score for Stargate ! We take no responsibility for the quality of the movie.

That's right, listeners! To close out Series 9 and this motherfucker of a year, we've combined a Christmas classic with a guest and a game, which can only mean one thing: it's the combination final episode and Series 9 Retrospective! Nobody listens to them when we do them as separate episodes, so now's your chance. Enjoy our conversation with returning guest Cousin Al as we discuss not just King J...

Ho ho ho, film nerds! Christmas with the comPOSERS continues this week with the first-ever Netflix Original animated feature. Join us as we learn about the spirit of the season from the most terrifying Santa ever — JK Simmons! It's Klaus, with music by Alfonso Gonzales Aguilar !